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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by dehrmann on Saturday January 01, 2022 @01:25PM (#29761075)
Just guessing, but there's probably more risk to running a mining operation than miners realize, and Nvidia doesn't want that risk. There are also PR issues with energy use. There's enough money in selling pickaxes.
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Re:Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices? by XorNot on Saturday January 01, 2022 @06:00PM (#29763789)
This is exactly it. NVIDIA are also not building more factories to meet the demand because they are (correctly) assessing that a bigger risk for them is demand collapse and a glut of used hardware.
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